M10448: Title Page
PrintsAt center, in large ornate script are the words, “ILLUSTRATIONS of The BOOK of JOB”. Centered below this in smaller letters is the phrase, “Invented & Engraved by William Blake 1825”, while at center top is an underlined phrase in Hebrew. This text is surrounded by a line of seven angels that descend from the left and rise again on the right side. The text and image are bordered by concentric rectangles. Within a lower margin a cloud motif contains the phrase, “London Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825 by William Blake No. 3 Fountain Court Strand”.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M10448
- People
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William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
- Title
- Title Page
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Book of Job
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/257850
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- ii, proof
- Standard Reference Number
- Binyon 105; Bindman 625
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- M10448
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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